At 21-19 in the second set, Atanasijević got blocked two times in a row, which gave boost to Trentino to tie.

In the third set, at 24-24, Oleg Antonov caused a lot of headache to Perugia receivers from a service line. Spike from Slovenian Tine Urnaut and Atanasijević's hit, that ended out of bounds, finished this period.

Thew forurth set began with a red card for Perugia middle blocker Emanuele Birarelli for protesting with the referee in regard to the last point in previous set (Perugia players claimed the ball after Atanasijević's spike has touched Trentino'sblock). A decision of Trentino coachAngelo Lorenzetti to replace Czech Jan Štokr with Gabriele Nelliat 18-17 for Perugia proved to be fruitful. A backup opposite won two crucial points after this.

FilippoLanza was the best scorer in Trentino with 15 points while IvanZaytsev collected 16 in Perugia.

Game 2 will be played at Perugia’s gymnasium “PalaEvangelisti” on March 25.